Tag: Gerhard Schröder
That’s how annoyed other countries are about German energy policy
New York, Berlin, Paris Naive, negligent, hypocritical: Germany’s energy policy is becoming the focus of political debates around the world. Above all, it is America that has devastatingly described Berlin’s…
Lauterbach is harsh with former Chancellor Schröder
Gerhard Schröder The former chancellor has been criticized for his commitment to Russian state-owned companies. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Health Minister Karl Lauterbach described former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder’s attempts to mediate…
Schröder belongs on the EU sanctions list
Gerhard Schröder The ex-Chancellor avoids any public criticism of his longtime friend Vladimir Putin. (Photo: imago images/SNA) Gerhard Schröder remains true to his one-sided view of the Ukraine war. At…
War in Ukraine a consequence of political failure
Gerhard Schröder The ex-chancellor has been criticized for his involvement in Russia. (Photo: dpa) Istanbul From the point of view of former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, “political failure” led to the…
Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke in an interview
Berlin Brandenburg’s Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD) has warned against stopping the import of oil and gas from Russia because of the war of aggression in Ukraine. “I hope that…
Gerhard Schröder: Four SPD associations apply for party expulsion
Hanover Four SPD associations have applied for a procedure to have former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder expelled from the party. These are applications from the Social Democrats in Heidelberg, in the…
Why Russia is not the Soviet Union
The Russian president’s war is wreaking havoc on a country that sacrificed eight million people in World War II. With this campaign, the Soviet Union finally perishes. In 1975 Leonid…
Ukraine declares mediation failed
Vladimir Putin and Gerhard Schroeder (2018) The former chancellor is considered a long-time friend of the Kremlin boss. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Ukrainian ambassador in Germany has declared that former…
The Three Messengers of Freedom from Kyiv – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
Good morning dear readers, many are fleeing Ukraine, already three million inhabitants who do not want to see their country as a battlefield. But three arrived by train in bombed…
Warning of further attacks after hacking of Rosneft
Berlin A cyber attack on the German subsidiary of the Russian oil company Rosneft led to a massive loss of data. The hackers apparently also have other companies in the…
Christian Lindner helps in front of the gas station attendant – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
In the fight against high petrol prices, Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) rejects a reduction in VAT or mineral oil tax. That would automatically make the state a co-beneficiary of…
Russia wants to use “volunteers” from the Middle East
Berlin The Russian military has stepped up its airstrikes in Ukraine and has also shelled the western part of the country. The Defense Ministry announced on Friday that the army…
This is how politics reacted to the trip to Moscow
Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD) told the Handelsblatt: “I’m sure that Schröder has contacts in the Kremlin like no other German. But I don’t know whether, at the…
Gerhard Schröder is to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow
Schröder is said to have been asked by Ukraine to mediate days ago, met with a Ukrainian delegation in Istanbul, Turkey, and will now talk to Putin about the Ukraine…
The raid on the global economy – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
everyone knows these numbers by now. They are indicators of a dependency, and no one laughs at blustering Donald Trump anymore. He accused Germany of having made itself a “prisoner”…
Evakuierung aus Mariupol abermals gescheitert
Düsseldorf In der Ukraine sollten an diesem Donnerstag sieben Fluchtkorridore für die Zivilbevölkerung geöffnet werden. In Mariupol sei die Evakuierung allerdings abermals gescheitert, sagte die stellvertretende Ministerpräsidentin Irina Wereschtschuk am…
Gerhard Schröder is to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow
Gerhard Schröder The former Chancellor is scheduled to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. (Photo: imago images/Jens Schicke) Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder made a surprise trip to Moscow to…
Wisag-Chef zur Ukraine „Wir Unternehmer tragen Verantwortung“
Frankfurt Wisag-Chef Michael Wisser warnt, im Krieg in der Ukraine nicht die Fehler der Vergangenheit zu wiederholen. „Wer sich jetzt von den Handlungen und der Person Putins nicht distanzieren kann,…
Chancellor Scholz calls on Schröder to give up mandates
Berlin Chancellor Olaf Scholz has asked former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder to give up his mandates at Russian energy companies. “My advice to Gerhard Schröder is to withdraw from these offices,”…
Joe Biden settles accounts with Putin – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
far away was the ignominious flight of Americans from Afghanistan last night when Joe Biden gave his State of the Union address. The US President wanted something that was “amazing”…